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  1. I’m having this issue. tried all the usual efforts to resolve. Level sensor test came up at 177.5 im guessing my only fix is replace the PCB? Is there a video showing how?
  2. I know they are combating some crashes under Windows 11. I'd give the Alpha a try. I did and some models that were consisting blowing up in Cura 5.6 have been able to be sliced in 5.7a
  3. Oh a fellow FT-5 owner, nice to see some out there printing
  4. I inquired with Jaime, he kindly replied I'm not a 100% sure if we already implemtend the partial z-distance for support or if that is going to be in the next release. Regardless of that, the value that is shown to the user is also the value that is being sent to the engine. Without partial layerheight it won't do that much (because it has to round it on whole layerheights), so on 0.2 layerheight it would either do 1 layer or 2 layers.
  5. True, I suppose I could dive into Notepad++ and gcode. I was just hoping someone from the Cura team could answer that. IF that is available, great. If not, perhaps a feature request allowing us to really fine tune that Support Z Distance I did a test last night using 0.4 with some Zyltech Matte PLA and 0.4 worked beautifully. (0.2 layer resolution) I tried some Amazon Basics PLA on another machine and it didn't work as well at 0.4, a bit saggy.
  6. I'm hopeful one of the Cura Team can answer if the Z Distance variable is 2 decimal places...how much we can fine tune that distance would be go to know.
  7. Thanks for your reply, that's a great tip. Good points on the density, I was really struggling with that and your infill analogy makes a lot of sense. Yes, silk materials aren't my favorite, I find the overhangs are awful and it's a very gummy material to remove supports from. Hotter is an interesting idea So to recap - The support z distance question is still not clear. Maybe same as layer resolution? Support Density 33% Change Support > Rest Preference to On buildplate when possible.
  8. Hello ! I have been doing a lot of experimenting with Cura Tree supports, especially since they have improved in recent releases. In my example, I am using a support test model (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3232756) To keep it simple - the machine and filament are all dialed in ESTEPS, Slicer flow, retraction, Linear Advance and so on. I'm using a 0.6 nozzle at 0.2 mm layer resolution. (The 0.6 offers me less walls but the great layers of the 0.4 nozzle) I guess my first question for the Cura devs like @nallath - for the support Z distance, does Cura support a value of 2 decimal places? Does Cura just use 0.2, 0.3, etc or can you find tune that value to 0.25, etc. ? I'm trying to determine the magic formula of layer height to Z Distance. I would assume closer is better but there seems to be a fine line between fused support and not great layers on top of the support roof/interface. There are some really great videos on regular supports that I have tried to adapt for my testing. Certainly, different PLAs react differently in my testing as well. I have also messed with the Support Interface Density and bit. 50-75% seems to work just fine. Most of my prints are just dealing with that roof setting. I'm using the Concentric pattern since, well, I don't see any change going from that to grid? Anyways, Cura changes rapidly and keeping up with all the improvements takes some work,. I wanted to see if I was missing any important steps to create better supports!
  9. Here's what happens on that particular laptop... github_cura.zip
  10. If Windows sees the file as a Text file, it will not allow it. I had viewed the log in Notepad++ so that's how Windows sees it. I went to another system and it would allow the log file to copy since it had not been viewed and a preferred application had not been attached to it. FYI
  11. Github won't accept a TXT or ZIP file attachment Attaching herecura.log
  12. Why the profanity? Anyways - here: https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/issues/17857
  13. I submitted a ticket via Github but curious if this is happening to anyone else?
  14. Its funny you mention that, my UM2+ has always been a bit challenging to level. Like you, I find one side is just always a bit off despite the rest being okay. You could do a thicker first layer to try to compensate
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